Quote of the Day
Posted by Lexington Green on August 19th, 2008 (All posts by Lexington Green)
The appropriate personification for Russia circa 2008 is not an oil-fueled Genghis Khan, threatening to surge once more across Eurasia … no, it is more like a drunk with a knife unable to admit they have terminal liver disease .. a vodka-fueled Genghis Khan’t if you will.
Surely a policy of political containment is really all that is needed while nature, rust and liver sclerosis on a Biblical scale do the rest.
Perry de Havilland
17 Responses to “Quote of the Day”
1. Shannon Love Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I can’t be so sanguine. I can’t help but think that the DTs and nukes are a bad combination.
2. Lexington Green Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Yeah, well, the drunk does have the knife. But the main point is spot on. Russia today is not a shadow of the USSR at the height of the Cold War.
3. Helen Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am
This may not be much comfort to the Georgians, the Balts or the Ukrainians.
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# Helen Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Can’t understand why anybody feels the need to write articles about not rushing into Cold War II or not upsetting Russia. We are in Cold War II and have been for some years and nobody is about to upset Russia.
# Tatyana Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Russia is very capable of upsetting herself, as in old, tried and true game of “looking for scapegoat” to distract from interior problems.
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Oil Greases as well as Burns
Posted by Ginny on August 20th, 2008 (All posts by Ginny)
“I don’t think much of demonizing Russia. I consider Russia as part of Europe,” Mr. Schröder told Der Spiegel. He did not say whether Moscow considers large chunks of Europe as part of Russia.
online.wsj.com
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